Mario Kart 8, a recreation that was first launched ten years in the past on the Wii U, remains to be not performed. The 2017 Change model of the sport is presently within the midst of a run of downloadable content material that’s bringing not solely new programs to the sport, however new drivers as effectively.
We welcomed Birdo (alongside a Yoshi’s Island course) within the newest replace, launched as we speak, however this contemporary screenshot taken after its set up exhibits that there’s nonetheless room for 5 extra:
5 extra! 5 thriller characters in a well-liked first-party Nintendo recreation! You understand what meaning, everybody. It means it’s time for hypothesis.
Whereas the sequence beforehand preferred to maintain issues within the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario Kart 8’s updates have slowly launched characters from different Nintendo franchises, starting from Zelda to Splatoon. That means these 5 characters might, in true Smash Bros. trend, be coming from anyplace.
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Possibly it’ll be somebody new, however anticipated. Samus is an apparent selection right here, particularly as a automobile primarily based on her ship could be such an apparent combo (and a Metroid-themed course would additionally kick ass).
Possibly it’ll be a distinct tackle an current character. There are a number of Marios right here…is there room for a second Hyperlink? A Wind Waker Hyperlink, maybe? If it’s ok for Tremendous Smash Bros. Final, it’s ok for Mario Kart 8.
It might, nonetheless, be another person. Nintendo has an extended, lengthy historical past, in any case. It’s slightly bizarre that characters from F-Zero, a Nintendo sequence about racing vehicles, aren’t featured right here in Mario Kart 8, a Nintendo recreation about racing vehicles. Captain Falcon would slot proper in, particularly since there’s already an F-Zero course (and automobile!) within the recreation.
Possibly it’s time for some Pikmin? Punch-Out? Is Arms too obscure a reference in 2023? Possibly the house is being left for the film variations of some well-known Mario characters?
Possibly it is best to take over now. Nintendo-related hypothesis is tough work.
UPDATE: This may assist slim it down. Nintendo says in a press launch accompanying as we speak’s DLC that “Two upcoming waves of DLC are nonetheless to return, that includes extra returning programs and characters from throughout the Mario Kart sequence”.
“Returning characters” actually kills off among the wilder options above! And leaves us with potentialities like Petey Piranha and…Wiggler?
